The Philosophy of Curatorial Practice: Between Work and World Paperback ? April 21, 2022

Spaid, Sue

ISBN 10: 1350184012 / ISBN 13: 9781350184015

Published by Bloomsbury Publishing, 2022

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Philosophy of Curatorial Practice: Between Work and World Paperback ? April 21, 2022
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1350184012
• ISBN 13: 9781350184015
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This book walks us through the process of how artworks eventually get their meaning, showing us how curated exhibitions invite audience members to weave an exhibition’s narrative threads, which gives artworks their contents and discursive sense. Arguing that exhibitions avail artworks as candidates for reception, whose meaning, value, and relevance reflect audience responses, it challenges the existing view that exhibitions present “already-validated” candidates for appreciation. Instead, this book stresses the collaborative nature of curatorial practices, debunking the twin myths of autonomous artists and sovereign artistic directors and treating presentation and reception as separate processes. Employing set theory to distinguish curated exhibitions from uncurated exhibitions, installation art and collections, it demonstrates how exhibitions grant spectators access to concepts that aid their capacity to grasp artifacts as artworks. To inform and illuminate current debates in curatorial practice, Spaid draws on a range of case studies from Impressionism, Dada and Surrealism to more contemporary exhibitions such as Maurizio Cattelan “All” (2011) and “Damien Hirst” (2012). In articulating the process that cycles through exploration, interpretation, presentation and reception, curating bears resemblance to artistic direction more generally.

About the Author

Sue Spaid is an Independent Scholar and Associate Editor of Aesthetic Investigations.